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Mics!
Patrick:
I do know a few folks with great vocal recordings who use MXL condensers that are not very expensive, so there's that. We used Matt's MXL condenser and my SM58 at the same time to record most of his lead vox. We also used that condenser for the kick drum to great effect. I'm more impressed with our kick sound than the kick sound we got from the guy who recorded us at his school.
riccostar:
--- Quote from: Patrick on 02 Jan 2013, 11:43 ---Dude, I don't know how I'd feel about using a condenser mic in the $90 price range without extensive testing and know-how. That's scraping the bottom of the barrel.
--- End quote ---
Yeah, if you're not careful with that you could end up doing yourself a big disservice. Put in a lot of research before going cheap with mics.
Patrick:
Also, a lot of people think that using a cheap mic means that if they have a shitty recording at the end of the day, that they're somehow excused from responsibility. Nah man. That ain't a valid excuse. You're just a n00b, and everybody starts that way. Get a shitty mic to learn on, but if you think you wanna get serious from the get-go, you might as well invest and have something that still retains a bit of resell value after you've only used it once.
Jimor:
I think the most amazing demo recordings I've heard were from my friend Ricky simply playing layer after layer of her keyboard's speakers into the MacBook built-in mic. They sounded a lot better than you'd imagine, but part of that was because you quickly get lost in the music and the depth of the arrangement.
Speaking of mics, here's a microphone reference app that looks pretty cool.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RzugP2NwD4
VonKleist:
Some of my favorite recordings are hella rickety
see Basement Tapes
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